Critique please - 22 month WL Bitch - Page 4

Aussi Cow dogs
Aussi Shepherds
Border Collies
Belgian Sheps
 

They do not have moderate or strong tuck-ups.


 

Sitasmom, depends on the lifestyle of the dog. Making a broad statement like that is the same as saying GSDs don't have pronounced tuck up. Depends on the lifestyle of the dog and breeding of the dog.
So I know that every breed you listed has healthy, athletic dogs with a nice tight abdomen.

SM those breeds you mention remain still as working breeds to a large extent and they are built nothing like a GSD which is no longer a working breed to a large extent.

"Again, take a look at the structure of a Racing greyhound. Do not use the show greyhound as an example, because they do not even resemble the racing dogs of the "same" breed.
Look at dogs that make a living working live stock or hunting. Look at a working Black mouth cur, for example.. "  .... Joanro


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List the dog was for Joanro.......
In that post dogs they werent even in the herding group were compared to a GSD. I compared some dogs in the herding group...The topic is about tucked-up underlines.

SM, the point i was trying to get across to you, is the rediculousness of the judge saying the GDs with a tucked up belly has restricted lung capacity. An absured statement disproved by the dogs I mentioned that have a very tight tuck of the abdomen and they have tremendous lung capacity. I'm not trying to tell you there are no sloppy gutted dogs, but that the dogs which are fit and with tight abdominal muscles DO have great lung capacity. The judge who made that statement ( a tuck up restricts lung capacity) in his critique, was full of malarky. He definately demonstrated his ignorance. But he's the judge, so people hear his words as truth.
That is an example of why the GSD is so screwwed up.

Some things never change... lol    Interesting to see the same posters quibbling over one word or two in a review.  Ibrahim  good to see you, don't get on here too much...

Medium build black female, still maturing. Nice planes of the head, eyes could be darker, but acceptable. Ears set slightly wide, which makes her skull seem slightly narrower than it actually is. (I've a female that's exactly the same way btw).  Angle of the shoulder is good, better than average.  Withers could be slightly higher to improve the flow of her topline. A longer loin lends to the appearance of a great deal of tuck up... again this may improve with maturing as most dogs go thru this stage. (I doubt she'll fill out for another 6-9 months especially as she's from working lines, not show lines which are usually faster maturing, and overall "wetter" in conformation... by this I mean that show lines have more coat, and body mass than the dryer Working lines.) She is standing slightly bridged in the front, correcting this might give a better overall impression.   Overall a nice bitch of good working line conformation.  

 

Hi Windwalker18, good to see you too. Informative critique and comments, always a pleasure to read your posts, only wish you would frequent the forum more.

 

Ibrahim

I almost never post on critiques.... Made a mistake doing it here, as it must have struck a cord with sm and so the redundant explanations ensue. Lol

 Joanro. Another instance where descretion is the better part of valor.

 

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